Many people, as a matter of fact, in Bosnia itself hardly know anything about this except people locally.

Of course, I am not talking about major events - the latest news said there was fighting going on there and that we were making an effort to put an end to the fighting as soon as possible.

All of Bosnia-Herzegovina was actually a small scale Yugoslavia

Slobodan Milosevic

The corridor near Brcko - why was it portrayed yesterday as some kind of criminal operation?

It's included in the indictment. This corridor near Brcko was the subject of at least 50 conversations between Owen and Stoltenberg and the representatives of the Muslims, Serbs and Croats in Bosnia [place name unclear].

I was present and so was Tudjman as well.

Ethnic groups

Fifty times this was discussed because this corridor by Brcko links the eastern and western parts of Republika Srpska.

This was a vital route always and I don't see what the meaning of this is in this regrettable opus of yours.

All of Bosnia-Herzegovina was actually a small scale Yugoslavia, just as the big Yugoslavia consisted of several people's ethnic groups who lived together in harmony and developed.

That's how Bosnia and Herzegovina consisted of Serbs, Croats and Muslims.

Your bosses broke up Yugoslavia, also the small-scale Yugoslavia and now they want all three peoples in Bosnia-Herzegovina to foot the bill.

Borders

All these people that they had pushed into a civil war in order to keep the true responsibility as far away from themselves as possible and this was a war that they had caused.

After all, why were they forcing Bosnia to leave Yugoslavia if they didn't want a conflict...

how do you dare say that Kosovo borders Serbia - Kosovo is Serbia

Slobodan Milosevic

Yesterday, the prosecutor even suggested that ethnic cleansing in Bosnia was rewarded and that Republika Srpska was grabbed.

I wonder what your objective here is? And why are you saying, or how do you dare say that Kosovo borders Serbia - Kosovo does not border Serbia - Kosovo is Serbia.

The Hague does not border the Netherlands.

Chain of command

Many things would have to be understood if you don't understand them then [you] should ask people who know - have someone explain this to you.

That in any army - in any army that I know of - there is a principle of single command and that a single link is not missed in the chain of command when decisions are carried through.

There is no anarchy and if there is any deviation from this chain of command, this always results in a criminal act and that is subject to appropriate sanctions. These stories of yours - who contacted which unit whatever - all of that is nonsensical.

If there was this kind of organisation, this would be greatest possible chaos that anybody would be establishing and who would organise and establish chaos in his own country?

Judge: Mr Milosevic, it's time for the interpreters to have a break. We will adjourn for 20 minutes.